Table 2.
Descriptive statistics [mean(SD)] for properties of the ambiguous and unambiguous target words and sentences.
Property | Ambiguous | Unambiguous | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | Strong biased | Weak biased | Balanced | All | ||
TARGET WORD | N | 92 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 92 |
Frequency (log-trans.) | 3.61 (1.01) | 3.66 (1.16) | 3.82 (1.01) | 3.24 (0.81) | 3.63 (0.93) | |
No. letters | 4.72 (1.16) | 4.50 (1.02) | 5.04 (1.43) | 4.56 (0.89) | 4.76 (1.08) | |
No. meanings | 1.92 (0.90) | 1.81 (0.64) | 1.89 (0.97) | 2.15 (1.10) | 1.09 (0.32) | |
No. senses | 10.1 (5.60) | 9.91 (4.79) | 10.4 (7.03) | 10.0 (5.06) | 4.90 (3.09) | |
SENTENCE LEVEL | Length (seconds) | 2.97 (0.29) | 2.96 (0.25) | 3.03 (0.30) | 2.91 (0.34) | 2.97 (0.31) |
No. syllables | 16.5 (1.87) | 16.3 (1.82) | 16.9 (1.92) | 16.1 (1.69) | 16.4 (1.91) | |
No. words | 12.5 (1.23) | 12.6 (1.34) | 12.4 (1.18) | 12.6 (1.15) | 12.5 (1.23) | |
Naturalness rating | 5.46 (0.62) | 5.37 (0.68) | 5.60 (0.61) | 5.40 (0.56) | 5.80 (0.61) |